Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has a knack for making himself and his shareholders richer. Since taking over the role as CEO in 1965, he's led Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares (BRK.A) to an aggregate return of 3,641,613% as of the end of 2021. For those of you keeping score at home, this works out to an average annual return of 20.1% over 57 years. That's nearly double the average annual total return, including dividends paid, of 10.5% for the S&P 500 over the same stretch.

While there's a laundry list of reasons for Buffett's consistent outperformance, such as his love of cyclical stocks and willingness to hold great companies for a long time, the unsung hero of the Oracle of Omaha's investment portfolio just might be dividend income.

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